abbey (n) 修道院 = the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
abbot (n) 修道院長 = a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.
altar (n) 祭壇、供物台 = the table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services.
angel (n) 天使 = a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe. - - God sent an angel to talk to Gideon.
basilica (n) 大聖堂 = a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a court of law or for public assemblies.
Bible (n) 聖書 = the Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments. - - Verses from the Bible
cathedral (n) 大聖堂 = the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated. - - St. Paul's Cathedral
chapel (n) = a small building for Christian worship, typically one attached to an institution or private house. - - A service in the chapel
chastity (n) 貞節 = the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse. - - Vows of chastity
cherub (n) 天使 = a winged angelic being described in biblical tradition as attending on God. It is represented in ancient Middle Eastern art as a lion or bull with eagles' wings and a human face, and regarded in traditional Christian angelology as an angel of the second highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
cherubic (a) = angelic, cute
church (n) 教会 = a building used for public Christian worship. - - They came to church with me.
clergy (n) 聖職者 = the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church. - - All marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy.
cloister (v) 閉じこもる = seclude or shut up in or as if in a convent or monastery. - - The monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate.
consacrate (v) 聖別する = make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose. - - The present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845.
convent (n) 修道院 = a Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns. - - Maria entered the convent at the age of eighteen.
deity (n) 神 = a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion). - - A deity of ancient Greece
Eucharist (n) 聖体 = the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed. - -We went to an early morning Eucharist.
god (n) 神 = (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being. / (in certain other religions) a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity. - - a moon god
goddess (n) 女神 = a female deity. - - A temple to Athena Nike, goddess of victory. 勝利の女神アテナ・ニケの神殿
halo (n) = a disk or circle of light shown surrounding or above the head of a saint or holy person to represent their holiness.
holy (a) 聖なる = dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred. - - The Holy Bible
mass (n) ミサ = the Christian Eucharist or Holy Communion, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. - - We went to Mass
monastery (n) 修道院 = a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
monk (n) 修行僧 = a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
monastic (a) = relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows, or the buildings in which they live. - - A monastic order
nun (n) 修道女、尼僧 = a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
nunnery (n) 尼寺 = a building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent.
obedience (n) 従順 = compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority. - - Children were taught to show their parents obedience
poverty (n) 貧困 = the state of being extremely poor. - - Thousands of families are living in abject poverty
priest (n) 祭司 = an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church having the authority to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments. - - The priest celebrated mass at a small altar off the north transept.
pray (v) 祈る = address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship. - - The whole family is praying for Michael.
priory (n) 修道院 = a small monastery or nunnery that is governed by a prior or prioress.
rabbi (n) ユダヤ教学者 = a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.
resurrection (n) 復活 = the action or fact of resurrecting or being resurrected. - - The story of the resurrection of Osiris.
reverence (n)
reverend (n) 牧師 = used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy. - - The Reverend Jesse Jackson
rite (n) 儀式 = a religious or other solemn ceremony or act. - - The rite of communion 聖体拝領の儀式
seraph (n) 熾天使(おきてんし) = an angelic being, regarded in traditional Christian angelology as belonging to the highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy, associated with light, ardor, and purity.
sacred (a) 神聖な = connected with God (or the gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration.- - Sacred rites
synagogue (n) ユダヤ教会堂 = the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction.
temple (n) 寺、寺院、神社、神殿、伽藍 = a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence.
vicar (n) 牧師 = (in the Roman Catholic Church) a representative or deputy of a bishop.
vow (n) 誓い = a solemn promise.
worship (n) 礼拝 = the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity. - - The worship of God
(v) 崇拝する = show reverence and adoration for (a deity); honor with religious rites. - - The Maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods